NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 61 - Play The One Who Scores The Most Points, Duh

Revraiser wrote:Aardvark has many strings to his bow. And he doesn't take drugs as far as i know, or gamble.

Chewie wrote:

He does eat cheetos in his parents' basement though

standard-issue wrote:

Life in the African wilderness is a continual gamble.

Welsh Mafia wrote:

What was the stance?

Revraiser wrote:Aardvark has many strings to his bow. And he doesn't take drugs as far as i know, or gamble.

Aardvark wrote:

Yeah look, agree that they haven't been playing particularly well but the backlash has been OTT.

It's mostly come from blokes pissed off  that women might actually be enjoying supporting a sporting team made up of women for the first time.

The statue thing, which has become something to beat them with, was some over exuberant politician hoping to ride the bandwagon for a few minutes...it was never serious

This 'why don't we celebrate all of the other successful women' argument is the archetypal straw man. We do celebrate them when we actually see the sports. The reality is that no one is watching kayaking, swimming, rugby of any form, hockey outside of the Olympics every four years.

Football is the most popular participant sport in the world...people (both women and men) have easy access to both watch and play it in most countries in the world, therefore it is popular. The reason the Matilda's are popular is that they just represented our country in a major international sporting event which was held in our country and did pretty well. Young women and girls had access to big games and for most it was the first time supporting a team made up of people they could relate to.

I coach and have coached girls football teams for a long time and it's a really big deal for young girls to be able to support a woman's team. Who gives a shit if a bunch of surly men don't think they deserve the accolades. Australia is ranked 12th in the world in a sport that is actually played by most countries and regularly punches above it's weight in tournament competition. The reality is that Australia will probably never win a world cup or an Olympic gold in football but it doesn't mean we should shout down women who still want to support the team.

This is real 'take a look at yourself' territory if you're a bloke scoffing at them. It's fine to disagree with selections and tactics or to point out sub standard performances but a lot of the commentary has really strayed into "I've been waiting for a chance to unleash territory" because I'm pissed off they're popular (and they're women).

I know you don't agree and that's fine but there ya go.

WT Winfield wrote:Looks like all updates have landed and scores updated on desktop. Still pending any late shenanigans tomorrow.

Hopefully scraped through the Eliminator with 1031 to Danseels 1028.

robelgordo wrote:

Garrick wasn't concussed because he came back into the sheds and said 'I'm not concussed'.

There was a small stumble "apparently", which suggests it was subjective when Garrick very clearly lost control of his body as he fell to his knees.

General vibes that the concussion rules were too strict with some empty platitudes about player safety being number at the same time.

Aardvark wrote:

Yeah look, agree that they haven't been playing particularly well but the backlash has been OTT.

It's mostly come from blokes pissed off  that women might actually be enjoying supporting a sporting team made up of women for the first time.

The statue thing, which has become something to beat them with, was some over exuberant politician hoping to ride the bandwagon for a few minutes...it was never serious

This 'why don't we celebrate all of the other successful women' argument is the archetypal straw man. We do celebrate them when we actually see the sports. The reality is that no one is watching kayaking, swimming, rugby of any form, hockey outside of the Olympics every four years.

Football is the most popular participant sport in the world...people (both women and men) have easy access to both watch and play it in most countries in the world, therefore it is popular. The reason the Matilda's are popular is that they just represented our country in a major international sporting event which was held in our country and did pretty well. Young women and girls had access to big games and for most it was the first time supporting a team made up of people they could relate to.

I coach and have coached girls football teams for a long time and it's a really big deal for young girls to be able to support a woman's team. Who gives a shit if a bunch of surly men don't think they deserve the accolades. Australia is ranked 12th in the world in a sport that is actually played by most countries and regularly punches above it's weight in tournament competition. The reality is that Australia will probably never win a world cup or an Olympic gold in football but it doesn't mean we should shout down women who still want to support the team.

This is real 'take a look at yourself' territory if you're a bloke scoffing at them. It's fine to disagree with selections and tactics or to point out sub standard performances but a lot of the commentary has really strayed into "I've been waiting for a chance to unleash territory" because I'm pissed off they're popular (and they're women).

I know you don't agree and that's fine but there ya go.

Aardvark wrote:
He may once have had to get two teeth crowned in the aftermath of a two week jolly up in Ibiza but that was long ago and the details are lost in time.

He also bought a lotto ticket once.

But hey Aardvarks are like humans, complicated and riddled with hypocrisy

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Outside time vs Twitter/X

Revraiser wrote:

Outsides overrated, it's for people who still use brill cream

Lukeaye disagrees and quotes the office bloke:

Response to the response to the response:

Aardvark wrote:
As I said I know you don’t agree and that’s fine but

I acknowledged they aren’t playing well but that’s due to on-field factors and not much else.

Yes, there are a bunch of blokes who don’t really give a shit about football waiting to stick the boot in.

Yes, Sam Kerr did herself no favours but how is that different from a long list of male Aus sportsmen who’ve behaved just as badly or far worse? Did we try to conflate their behaviour with criticism of the team?

The old ‘Politics in Sport’ chestnut. Politics and Sport have always been intertwined what people really mean is I don’t want politics in sport if they don’t agree with me (and that goes for both left and right). Also not being a prick to people (ie racism, sexism etc) is not politics it’s just not being a prick.

Edit : will add some ‘hiding’ when I can work it on my tiny phone screen

Chucky wrote:Bad news for Cobbo owners.
Channel 9 reporting he’s been arrested.
No charges at this stage and no real details on why.